Nine UTSA undergraduates receive stipends to conduct research

(June 8, 2009)--Nine minority students who received $1,875 stipends to conduct research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, also known as the STEM fields, presented their findings May 21 in downtown San Antonio to culminate their achievements in UTSA's Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program. Sample projects presented at the gathering included research on stem cuttings and trees native to south central Texas, research about speech patterns and a study of radio frequency identification.

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"For minority students seeking to enter STEM careers, our LSAMP program is a valuable resource," said Darrell C. Balderrama, director of community outreach in the UTSA Office of P-20 Initiatives. "Participants receive one-on-one support from a faculty mentor, and they receive a stipend to help ease the burden of rising educational costs. In addition, our summer participants are offered the opportunity to competitively present their research at a statewide conference and also have the opportunity to present at an international conference."

The spring 2009 LSAMP cohort at UTSA pursued research on an array of topics, working alongside faculty mentors in the UTSA College of Sciences and College of Engineering: